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TO ALL WH OM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, C. B. MARTIN, .of Fond .du Lac, in the county ofFond du Lac, and State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Binder for Shingles, Sac.; und I do hereby declare that'the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof,- n'hichwill enable those skilled inthe art to make and use the same, referencebeing-had to the accompanying drawings, and to'the letters of referencemarked thereon.

The present invention relates to a binder for shingles, laths,a-ndo'tlier similar articles to which it may be adapted; 'which hinderconsists of wires, in combination with a' wooden band or bands, bothbeing applied as and in a. manner'to be hereinafter described. In theaccompanying drawings my improved binder'is illustrated- Figure 1 beinga. side view of the same, and

Figure 2 an edge view.

' A A, in the drawings, represent two wooden bands or bars, and B twowires, each secured at one end in and to one of the bars A, one at eachend. This bnr A, with its wires B, is put in u. frame in the' usualmanner, v and thenfbeing filled with shingles, the other band orl bar isplaced :icrossthe bunch, and being pressed down `with a screw, the endsof the wires, as shown in red lines, iig. 1, are bent over the ends ofthe bnr, and driven into thesame. I i

Having thus described myinvention, I claim as new, and desire tosecurevby Letters Fatemi-- The binder for-shingles, constructed asdescribed, consisting ofthe perforated wooden boards A, and Wires B,operating as described, for the purpose specified.

The above specification of my invention signed by me, this 27th' day-ofJly, 1 867.

A C. MARTIN.

Witnesses:

WM. N. RoBEMsloN, W. F. BmDsALL.

